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(No Model.)

T. ZANGER.

SUPPORT FOR CARRIAGE TOPS.

No. 341,090. Patented May 4, 1886.

Wz'bmss as, v Iwenimg 1 D STATE PATENT OFFICE.

THEODOR ZANGER, OF BUFFALO, NEWV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO J. B. SXVEET & SON, OF SAME PLACE.

SUPPO RT FOR CARRIAGE-TOPS.

$PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 341,090, dated May 4, 1886.

Application filed June 24, 1884. Serial No. 135,935. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODOR ZANGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Carriage-Tops, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to childrens carriages, and is a device for supporting the rod of a parasol or canopy-top thereon.

The object of my invention is to provide a supporting device controllable by a single screw, and one which will serve as a means to render a parasol, umbrella, or canopy-top adjustable either vertically or laterally, or both vertically and laterally. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective View of the several parts constituting the device; and Fig. 2 is a similar view, partly in section, of the whole device when put together.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in both views.

A designates a centrally-perforated basepiece, having means for attaching it to the seat of a childs carriage or other support.

B is a sort ofeyebolt, having a screw-th read, I), and provided withthumb-nut D,and having a flat circular head with beveled inner edge, and designed to fit tightly within the central perforation in A.

O is a fnnnelshaped piece, having an opening, 0, on either side, and is designed to be placed over B and receive and transmit to E the pressure ofthe nut D.

E represents a supportingrod, such as are used upon'childrens carriages for supporting a parasol or a canopy-top.

The operation of the device is as follows: The several parts of the device having been properly adjusted together and attached to their support, the rod '13 is inserted through the opening 0, the eye of B, and the opening 0 upon the opposite side of O. The thumbnut D is then forced home, thereby forcing 0 against E, and securely clamping it between the outer edgesof A and G, and holding it firmly in place. To adjust the rod E, loosen D, when the rod will be free to move, and the parasol, umbrella, or canopy-top whichit supports may be raised or 1owered,or thrown either to the right or left, and when thus adjusted is firmly held in place by simply forcing the thumb-nut D.

If desired, the edges in the central perforation in d and the beveled edge of the head of B may be milled, so as to increase their friction, or they may be provided with cogs; and the device may be attached to the driversseat upon truck-wagons and other carriages, as a support for the staff of an umbrella, or it may be attached to the pommel of a saddle for the same purpose; and it is obvious that the skilled mechanic will readily construct a va riety of devices which will accomplish the same results without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I am aware of Patent No. 258,798, of 1882, in which the eyebolt has but a narrow bearing in the base, and a bearing-block engages the umbrella-shank close the eyebolt. In my de vice the eyebolt has a wide circular base, I), which gives it a firm bearing in the base-plate A, and the frictioircone presses the umbrellashank to the base at two points distant from the eyebolt. This makes avery firmjoint,and allows the shank to be held close to the platea result which cannot be accomplished in the patent cited.

\Vhat I claim as new is- The combination, with the base-plate A,hav-

ing a dovetailed circular aperture,and the eyebolt B,having a large circular base corresponding therewith, of the frictioircone 0, having recesses c,which engage the shank E at points distant from the eyebolt, and the nut D, all constructed and arranged to hold the shank fiat against the plate A, as set forth.

'THEODOR ZANGER.

\Vitnesses:

FRED. W. H. Jones, SILAS J. DOUGLASS. 

